DVD: Alec Guinness

DVD: Alec Guinness

DVD:

Alec Guinness

Lawrence of Arabia (Single Disc Edition)

John Dimech, José Ferrer

Columbia Pictures, 2002

An Unlikely Masterpiece
I find it amazing this movie was ever made. A three-and-a-half hour epic about a strange, masochistic, messianic, probably gay, possibly mentally disturbed British military officer having an identity crisis while going native & riding a camel back and forth in the ...

The Bridge on the River Kwai

William Holden, Jack Hawkins

Sony Pictures, 2000

The bridge...
An excellent movie. It gives all aspects of the war;those who are gung-ho,those that didn't care for the war, the captured, the japanese,and those tortured. It is a movie that makes you think and just be entertained. I can recommend this movie for everyone. There is a ...

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker

Paramount, 2004

Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Brother Sun, Sister Moon main objective is to show viewers how human beings have the capacity to give up everything for their purpose in life. This production represents beauty and the bases for meaning. Franco Zeffirelli is equivalent to Michael Angelo when it comes ...

Murder by Death

Eileen Brennan, Truman Capote

Sony Pictures, 2001

Murder By Death Kills
If you're a fan of detective spoofs and whodunit mysteries, Murder By Death is a must-see as the film that inspired the private-eye parodies that followed it. Filled with slapstick, double entendre, dry witticisms, and sight gags, this movie has something for ...

Doctor Zhivago (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2001

Classic movie epic based on the classic novel
It is easy to see why this is one of the movie classics of 20th century film based on the book by Boris Pasternak of the same name. This drama-romance-war film is set for the most part in early twentieth century Russia and the Russian Revolution and Civil War. The ...

Star Wars Trilogy (Full Screen Edition Without Bonus Disc)

Kenny Baker, Phil Brown

20th Century Fox, 2005

Star Wars Trilogy
Excellent. It will be great if we can have Star Wards I, II and III in a set too.

Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006

This one a long time have I watched
I remember going to see THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK for the first time in 1980. I was 5 years old. I remember hearing the voice of Yoda and exclaiming, "That's Grover!" (i.e. Sesame Street). And it was (Frank Oz). THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK has always been my favorite ...

Lawrence of Arabia (Collector's Edition, 2 discs) - DVD

Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness

Columbia Tri/Star, 2008

An Unlikely Masterpiece
I find it amazing this movie was ever made. A three-and-a-half hour epic about a strange, masochistic, messianic, probably gay, possibly mentally disturbed British military officer having an identity crisis while going native & riding a camel back and forth in the ...

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope (1977 & 2004 Versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2006

Restoring hope
I was born in April of 1972. My earliest memory is of the Bicentennial celebrations. I seem to remember watching people playing around with fireworks at our neighbor's house. But I'm not 100% sure these memories are accurate. The first memory I know for sure is ...

The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Two-Disc Deluxe Edition) (The Miriam Collection)

Sophia Loren, Alec Guinness

Genius Products (TVN), 2008

Solid historical epic on 2nd century Rome.
A very enjoyable movie with good period detail and enough history to be well above the typical sword and sandal movie.

A Handful of Dust

James Wilby, Kristin Scott Thomas

Hbo Home Video, 2004

If "Requiem for a Dream" were a period peice film ...
I will admit, I was not a fan of this film during the first fifteen minutes when it nearly went into the "Period Film Sleeping Bag" category, but after you get through this first hump (which is to wean out the naysayers) this is a very disturbing and thoughtful film. ...

The Ladykillers

Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2002

...humor of the finest kind
There is only one "The Ladykillers" and this is the British one from 1955 lensed by Alexander Mackendrick. It is definitely not the one remade in 2004 by Ethan and Joel Coen! A charming and well worth watching criminal comedy of its best, with marker jokes, witty ...

Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection

Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson

Criterion, 2006

Delightful comedy
This is the kind of movie that creates it's own captivating universe. The acting and settings are top notch; Alec Guiness plays 8 different characters, the members of the Ascoyne D'Ascoyne family which Louis (Dennis Price) must murder to become a duke. The dialogue is ...

Great Expectations (1946) (Criterion Collection Spine #31)

John Mills, Tony Wager

Criterion, 1999

The Gold Standard!
There are some films, such as "Casablanca," that should never be remade. David Lean's "Great Expectations" is one of them. The cast--headed by John Mills as the grown-up Pip, and which includes the rotund Francis L. Sullivan as the lawyer Jagger (whose clients are ...

Cromwell

Richard Harris, Alec Guinness

Sony Pictures, 2003

History the way it should be taught in schools
In my opinion this is one of the best things Richard Harris ever did, and that is saying a lot. This area of English history is not as well known by Americans as Queen Elizabeth R, Henry the VIII, and others, but it is a part of English history that is taught well in ...